Writing the Paper Remember the basic outline for a review paper.

Title Page Title should be specific, informative, concise See pages 89-90 in McMillan Abstract Short, concise summary of paper (200-250 words) No references Center "Abstract" a double space before paragraph Introduction Center "Introduction" above this section Review the topic Importance and significance. Background information, conflicting views, major lines of thought Statement of purpose Document and reference sources Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf, Canis lupus, using managed and natural populations began in the North American Rocky Mountains by ____. The success of this reintroduction has been measured through population increases and thus, the Federal Government has been pushed to delist the wolf from the endgangered species status established in ____. States under jurisdiction of the federal government, such as (North Dakota, ) have worked with their own state park rangers and the universities to develop comprehensive research on the success of reintroduction and have offered genetic variation as well as population increases as a measure of the reintroductoins success. This paper attempts to synthesize these findings into a body of work that establishes the known variation and phylogenic relationship of the wolf populations in North America.

Body of text (topic 1, topic 2, Topic 3) Present details of work done by researchers on topic Mention and describe important techniques, methods, results, and conclusions (Forbes & Boyd) Study included using microsatellite samples May have headings, but don't use "Body" Develop and follow good topic sentences Coherent, well-blended summation of all the work you could find that is important to your subject Develop a pathway of thought that leads to conclusions Document and reference sources Conclusions Consolidate ideas, strengthen relationships between ideas, patterns, tie up loose ends

Significance of topic Make sure you conclude something Do not introduce new data, results What is next, future avenues of research Write the paper well in advance of the due date Set it aside and reread it later. SAVE, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE (not only on disk, but on a hard drive somewhere) Computer malfunctions will not be accepted as an excuse for late work Person Most scientific work is written in the third person, but is written in passive, past tense Avoid using pronouns Facts and ideas are stated about procedures and results. Comparative studies were performed ---- or ---- was observed over a period of two years.

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Notes: Genetic Structure and Migration in Native and Reintorduced Rocky Mountain Wolf Populations: Historical range: central Rocky mountains Endangered in lower 48 states Different wolves: wolves that recolonized western Montana from Canda (85-95), Reintroduction history: Canadania resident wolf populations forlm Ft. St. John and Hinton were introduced to US in 1995 and 1996 in YNP and Idaho.